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Wonders of sculpture (1873)

Viardot, Louis, 1800-1883 · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 334

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ourt of the Louvre, in the centreof the art collections. That is its true place, andthere it would remain as long as Paris is Paris. It is customary to call Jean Goujon the restorerof sculpture in France. Far be it from me to disputeor detract from his glory. I would gladly own him FRENCH… … ■I>/Dl.,.J ^S- 57-—Tomb of Pierre de Breze. exact date of the birth of Jean Goujon, he is sup-posed to have been born about 1530. Jean Cousinand Germain Pilon were therefore his seniors bysome twenty and fifteen years respectively The 302 FRENCH SCULVTURE. three were contemporaries, rivals, and…

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